Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Small Break for Surgery




Hey Blog readers.  Sorry the blog's been a bit in active in the past week or two.  After the delay due to hurricane Sandy, I was just recovering when I sustained an injury playing volleyball (I'm a captain of a team in Gotham Volleyball  here in New York City)... I apparently tore an Achilles tendon and it is apparently bad enough to warrant an operation.  I am hoping the facility will be more modern than the one shown above which is a World War I military hospital diorama that can be found at  Miniatur Wunderland, the very elaborate miniature railroad layout in Germany (the largest in the world).  See our previous posting too, from February 2011.

After my recovery which I think a week or two, I will be back posting.  See you all then!

Tom

Monday, November 5, 2012

Recovering from Hurricane Sandy

Hey Everyone.  As some of you know, I live in downtown Manhattan and  as  a result of Hurricane Sandy, my power and heat were knocked out for a few days.  It came back for me finally on Saturday but there are many outside of Manhattan that still don't have power and hot water, or any water in some cases.  I also have a friend who had his house crushed by a huge tree. 

Here are a few pictures I took with my phone over the past few days.  The first set shows a building in Chelsea, eighth avenue and 14th street, that had it's face ripped off by the storm.  Fortunately no one was hurt.   The second set shows one of the cafes that gave us refuge.  Cafe Bonsignour on Jane Street had a generator.  They gave out free food and provided outlets so people could charge their phones.  Met a lot of interesting people.  Everyone helped each other. Was very strange with no lights - not even traffic lights.  In a way it was more eerie in the day than in the night. 



Building on 8th avenue between 14th and 15th Streets.












People gathering outside of Cafe Bonsignour on Jane Street in the West Village, New York City.